Hi,
I want to ask a question related to a eye problem that I have from 14-15
years old, myopia.
I would like to ask a specialist about the evolution of my desease because I started to get extremly concerned about its evolution.
At this moment (I am 25 years old, female, caucasian white), my prescription is:
- -5.25 left eye and -5 right eye for glasses
- -5 left eye and -4.75 right eye for contacts
My first pair of glasses was at 15 years old(-2.5 left eye and -2.25 right eye), but I know I had vision problems since I was 14 (I remember that I couldn't see so well from behind the class at school). In the summer vacation I has a big increase in dioptres.
When I was in high school, at 16 years old, I got -2.75 and -2.5. My dioptres were constant until my first year in college, when I was 20 years old. I am a computer science student and I spend 12 hours a day working on the computer. Since then, my myopia growth with -0.5 dioptres/year. Since I was 20 years old I started to wear daily contact lenses.
I am extremely worried about the evolution of the disease and about the retina and eye fundus changes that can occur. For the 20-25 years period, my myopia should have a slower increase. My last consultation was in November this year and so far my retina and eye fundus were normal.
Related to the genetical factor, my mother has -4.5 and -3.5 dioptres. In her case, the myopia evolved only between 13 and 15 years old, and since then her diopters stood the same.
My questions are:
- Is my myopia related to the long computer work time that I spend? Should I wear special eye glasses with filters for computer work? Can the contact lenses(by the low cornean oxygenation) be other cause of my myopia
- Does my myopia look like a progressive/malignant one?
- In the case of retinal changes, what treatments do you recommend? Is laser photo coagulation recommended to small retinal changes?
- I love to do mountain bike and running marathons (and endurance sports) and so far I took part in several ones. Am I allowed to continue or this can lead to retina detachments?
- What do you recommend to slower the myopia progression? How efficient would be orthokeratology to slower axial elongation? Is there any practitioner that does orthokeratology and saw improvements for young adults? Other possibilities that I consider are: scleroplasty, progressive lenses, rigid contact lenses, bifocals.
Thank you for your time and help!